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She said the Air Force lacks the funds to procure maintenance equipment it needs.procure = get
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She was charged with making false statements to procure a passport.
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Why did you stop the Dark Lord procuring the Sorcerer's Stone? (source)procuring = getting by special effort
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Jem procured some peachtree switches from the back yard, plaited them, and bent them into bones to be covered with dirt. (source)procured = got by special effort
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Every moment of every day had been filled with tasks, from packing and sorting sacks of flour and freeze-dried food, to procuring permits and arranging plane tickets, to hiring porters and mules. (source)procuring = getting by special effort
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This will be your home until you turn eighteen or we procure a permanent sponsor willing to falsify your identification.† (source)
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At Livotny & Associates, I procure the theme elements.† (source)
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And you procured a small annoying boy to replace her.† (source)procured = got by special effort
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The subjects discussed were the procuring of food and drink, the need for watchfulness, and the emptying of the chamber pot.† (source)procuring = getting by special effort
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It's gotten to the point where the Secret Service no longer even checks the names and nationalities of all the women Dave Powers procures for the president.† (source)procures = gets by special effort
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Nonmortal procurement.† (source)procurement = the act of getting by special effort
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Unless you wish to be responsible for my missing an urgent meeting with a delegation from the Trade Commission, whose military procurements chief is a General Liang-Somebody-or-other.† (source)
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11:27 He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.† (source)procureth = gets by special effortstandard suffix: Today, the suffix "-th" is replaced by "-s", so that where they said "She procureth" in older English, today we say "She procures."
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His thickset torso was supported by short sturdy legs, always incased in the finest leather boots procurable and always planted wide apart like a swaggering small boy's.† (source)procurable = able to be gotten by special effortstandard suffix: The suffix "-able" means able to be. This is the same pattern you see in words like breakable, understandable, and comfortable.
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You'll be our advance scout, and our secret procurer of necessary items.† (source)procurer = someone who gets something by special effort
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But because they can pass for human, they live in servitude to their hollow brethren, acting as scouts and spies and procurers of flesh.† (source)
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